One lucky entry will win a £10.00 Voucher to spend in there online shop.

Also this week........

Where we can on Allsorts we love to share with you the work of other talented crafters and this week we have the fabulous guest DT Dawny P heres Dawny's beautiful card and a little bit about herself....

I started making cards over 10 years ago and it’s probably safe to say that I am a bit of an addict. I love anything pretty – especially if it’s pink – and my favourite technique is probably stamping now. I started on the kitchen table in my old house with one box of card, and now my crafty stuff is just about everywhere. Luckily I have a very understanding OH!!!. I’m a DT member for several companies and challenges and I also design for Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine which I absolutely love, even if it can be quite challenging and stressful at times. And I still pinch myself when I see my cards in print – it’s the best feeling in the world :)

Dawny will also choose 5 entries randomly and each of the five entries will win a card kit comprising of a stamped Hanglar Image plus all the elements she used to make her card as a special Thank you for being an Allsorts GDT....how fab is that if you would like to win a card kit please leave your card entry with Mr Linky and add Dawny to the end of your name....

The D.T have all come up with stunning cards please pop over to there blogs to check them out.

Saturday, 19 June 2010

I hope you have all had glorious sunshine this week its nice to see a peek of summer....... and did you all see our fab news earlier this week about the new challenge blog click the side button to find out more regarding the new.......

Penny Black @Allsorts Challenge...

thanks to the huge amount of entries we had last week for Fleurs Buttons and lace challenge we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated :)

On to this weeks challenge and a little about this weeks sponsers...

Squiggle Stamps carry a unique range of cute, quirky and whimsical stamps
designed by a talented team of illustrators. Our images are available as
both Rubber and Digital Stamps with new designs added regularly. We are
lucky to have a wonderful Design Team and you can see all their fabulous
creations and take part in monthly prize challenges on the blog athttp://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.com/

Whats the challenge I hear you cry!

Well this week we have a sketch made by me (Emma) I would say as usual you are free to rotate it but I think this one is pretty much the same no matter how you look at it.....lol!

Saturday, 12 June 2010

Hello again crafters, Fleur told you I would be back with some exciting news and I really can't hold it in any longer, so what is all the mystery ?

Well this is so very exciting as we can now announce the imminent launch of the Official Penny Black at Allsorts Challenge.

I am just thrilled that Penny Black have invited myself and Allsorts to work with them and create a brand new challenge dedicated to their wonderful world renowned stamps and products.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend a huge thank you to Penny Black for making all this possible and also to Elizabeth, a member of the companies US Design Team, for working with me over the last few weeks to get everything organised. Not surprisingly all of us at Allsorts are very happy bunnies and can't wait for the start of the challenge on 1st July.

Penny Black need no introduction so the opportunity to have a blog dedicated to their products is fantastic. You can click here to go straight to the new challenge blog and read more about it all. You can also visit Penny Black's great web site where there is loads of inspiration and join their club so you are right up to date with new releases and other news. Plus they have a fab blog with great inspirational work from their design team.

The challenge will be monthly and and as you might expect, all prizes will be Penny Black products provided by the company plus we will have a Top 3 every month selected from all qualifying entries.

You can join the new challenge blog right now by clicking here so you don't miss a thing and are one of the first to know when the new challenges are posted.

This week it's me Fleur who gets to set the theme & I'd love you to use Lace and/or buttons, I'm sure we've all got something in our stash we could use!

We also have a new sponsor this week....

*Wink *Wink Ink is a brand new digital stamp company as of January 2010. Our images are original, well drawn, and clear with a style you won't find anywhere else! If you like animals, children and fantasy creatures you will love our stamps! New stamps are added to our store weekly, so there is always something new to see! All images are 300 dpi and come in 3 versions- black and white jpg for coloring, transparent png for layering on all your digital creations, and a colored jpg for use as a coloring guide or print and embellish for quick beautiful projects in no time flat! We hope you stop on by and visit us soon at http://www.winkwinkink.com/!

And a message from Brenda who has asked me to tell you all that she will be posting some mega exciting news next week, so please "watch this space".

You guys never fail to amaze us with your wonderful artwork and I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined in my Strawberries and Cream theme last week. I really enjoyed visiting you all and I know we say this every week, but it really is so tough selecting just three, so here they are along with this weeks lucky winner:

The Top 5 winners can all take the Top 3 logo and wear it with pride on their blogs.

Fleur will be up later today with her new challenge, so do pop back to check it all out. And keep your eyes peeled on this blog next week, there is some super duper mega news coming your way - can you feel the excitement at this end ?

Saturday, 5 June 2010

Happy Saturday all you crafters and welcome to another challenge at Allsorts where it's my (Brenda) turn to host the challenge again.

Where I live in the Cambridgeshire Fens, the arrival of strawberries in late May is always an eagerly awaited event in the produce calendar, so for my theme this week I want you to draw inspiration from the pictures below.

You don't have to put strawberries on your project, although of course you can if you want and you can use other colours for skin, hair etc., but the main ones should be taken from the pictures and I have given you two to make things a bit easier.

Above a cake I made for crafting research........such sacrifices and of course I had to try a piece to ensure the picture was fit for blog publication and below a simple bowl of strawberries and cream.......and everything is calorie free of course.

This weeks winner will receive a prize from one of our regular sponsors :